Feb 20, 2019 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
Interviewer: Cameron BoozarjomehriWelcome to the second installment of the Knowledge-Driven Podcast. In this series, Software Systems Engineer Cameron Boozarjomehri interviews technical leaders at MITRE who have made knowledge sharing and collaboration an integral...
Feb 17, 2019 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
Photo courtesy of: https://unsplash.com/photos/UnPhQSAVbdkAuthor: Amanda AndreiClinical diagnostic support. Loan approval. Predictive policing and parole.These are all examples of consequential systems, meaning that they are systems with immediate, long-term,...
Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, Cross-Organizational Information Sharing, Learning Organization
Photo credit: Cameron BoozarjomehriInterviewer: Cameron BoozarjomehriProducers: Nils Granholm and Andy CleavengerWelcome to the first installment of the Knowledge-Driven Podcast. In this new series, Software Systems Engineer Cameron Boozarjomehri interviews technical...
Jan 29, 2019 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
Photo by Daniel Josef on UnsplashAuthor: Colin Payne-RogersScience is “the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experimentation.” Since its emergence during the late renaissance, scientific progress...
Jan 7, 2019 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
Photo: Pixabay CCO Creative CommonsAuthor: Brian ColderArtificial intelligence (AI) is getting better all the time. You can see it all around you, from Alexa and Siri keeping your appointments and shopping lists, to news articles about self-driving cars, to a program...
Jan 2, 2019 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.—Isaac Asimov, Asimov on Science Fiction...
Dec 15, 2018 | Blog, Learning Organization
Photo by Jeremy Galliani on UnsplashAuthor: Dr. Suzanne GeigleFor the past 25 years, writers and scholars have consistently asserted that 70% of organizational change efforts fail (e.g., Ashkenas, 2013). For those of us who have devoted much of our energy to helping...
Dec 3, 2018 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
The Phishers team—representing University of Maryland College Park, Poolesville High School, and edX—tested Random Forest, Ada Boost, and Decision Tree classification during the Catch the Phish challenge at Universities at Shady Grove. Photo: Eny...
Oct 30, 2018 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
Author: Amanda AndreiIs artificial intelligence (AI) the way of the future… or already the way of the present?Applications of AI surround us in our daily lives – ever use an app to get around traffic? How about checking your social media feeds? Or shopping...
Oct 28, 2018 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
Photo courtesy of Pixabay Author: Cameron Boozarjomehri When you look at the image above, what you see is just a wolf in the snow. How do you know it’s a wolf in the snow? Well, I could go off on a long tangent about how your eyes receive light that your brain...
Oct 23, 2018 | Blog, Collaboration, Partnerships and Social Media, Cross-Organizational Information Sharing
Author: Michelle HerdThe MITRE Corporation, in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), released the Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response Playbook in October 2018. The playbook outlines a framework for...
Oct 17, 2018 | Blog, Learning Organization
James Ellenbogen and Ruba Emran. Photo: Andy CleavengerAuthor: Russell WoolardRuba Emran was assigned the task of exploring what she calls a “science fiction idea”—one that’s been around for a while, but whose time, so far as practical application, has not yet come....
Oct 1, 2018 | Blog, Learning Organization
Members of MITRE’s Multicultural Employee Resource Group celebrate Hispanic heritage at Luzia a Cirque du Soleil show inspired by the richness of the Mexican culture. Photo used with permission.Author: Dr. Asma AbuzaakoukWhat is the business value of inclusion...
Sep 24, 2018 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
Photo Credit: Michael BakerAuthor: Lisa PacittoImagine waiting 30 minutes or longer to get through to a customer service center and when your call is finally answered, you can’t understand what the service representative is saying because you have a hearing...
Aug 20, 2018 | Blog, Learning Organization
Photo by rawpixel on UnsplashAuthor: Shelley KirkpatrickOnce every few months, I find myself in a meeting where a problem has just been solved and now some sort of action is needed to put a solution in place. My initial excitement about making real progress is often...
Jul 31, 2018 | Blog, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
Image courtesy of PixabayAuthor: Amanda AndreiYou are part of the design team tasked with implementing a modern chip-and-PIN ATM system for your newest customer: a large banking chain. The bank has contracted an outside firm to design the user interface of the ATM and...
Jul 28, 2018 | Blog, Learning Organization
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY 3.0Author: Jennifer MyersYou may remember the childhood party game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey (or Bunny or Pig—depending on the party theme), where dizzy, blindfolded partygoers are challenged to position a paper...
Jul 26, 2018 | Blog, Cross-Organizational Information Sharing, Learning Organization
Photo credit: Dylan Gillis at UnsplashAuthor: Jeff BrookeMITRE loves data. MITRE practitioners are passionate about solving problems using scientific evidence, and this is just as true for social scientists at MITRE as it is for engineers. Here is how MITRE...
Jul 16, 2018 | Blog, Learning Organization
Photo courtesy of UnsplashAuthor: Amanda AndreiChances are, you’ve interacted with an embedded system today.Did you use a thermostat? How about a car? Or maybe a mobile phone? Or a television, a game console, an elevator, a train, a pacemaker?Embedded systems are...
Jul 9, 2018 | Blog, Knowledge Operations, Learning Organization, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science
Author: Lisa PacittoBlockchain has essentially created a new type of internet in which information can be widely distributed without relying on traditional centralized architectures.Media coverage of Bitcoin, the digital currency (or cryptocurrency) for which...
